Peru's Military Accused

U.S. & Latin America - Latin American & Caribbean News to Note

October 22, 2000

LIMA, Peru -- The opposition accused Peru's military Saturday of trying to "blackmail" Peru into passing an amnesty for military officers who could face criminal trials after President Alberto Fujimori steps down from power next year. "I think it's a political reality that one must talk [to the military], but what they can't do is blackmail us," main opposition leader Alejandro Toledo said. Toledo says President Fujimori's major backers are in the country's military.